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5964NY STEIN/DAY 1964. NY, STEIN/DAY, 1964 unknown books
190969087New York: Dodd Mean And Company. Very Good-. 1909. Hardcover. Translated by Alfred Sutro. 353 pages half leather and marbled boards gilt printing to the spine. Untrimmed pages spine and edges rubbed otherwise bright and complete. Near Very Good. . Dodd, Mean And Company hardcover books
1987000481New York New York U.S.A.: Abbeville Promotional 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. With inscription by author. Two other inked inscriptions on FFEP. DJ has tiniest spot where worn white on upper spine. <br/><br/> Abbeville Promotional hardcover books
198776438New York NY.: Abbeville Press Publishers. Very Good. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in red cloth with blind-stamping to the upper cover and gilt stamping to the spine in a very nice dust jacket. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations in black & white and color. This book is signed/inscribed by the author John Canemaker on the dedication page. From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu 1945-2019 of Columbus Ohio - known to many of his bookseller author and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired including Gorey Sendak Heaney Byatt Morrison Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. ; Signed by Author . Abbeville Press, Publishers hardcover books
19531296034Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press 1953. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/G; red spine white lettering; dust jacket has general shelfwear significant edgewear closed tears on head edges open and closed tears on front tail edge open tears on head fore corners chipping on spine head edge rubbing on tail fore corners and spine tail edge; boards strong minor edgewear minor rubbing on fore corners rubbing and bumping on spine edges stamp and erased penciling on front end paper; text block age toned light foxing on first blank frontispiece and title page occasional penciling towards front of text foxing on exterior head edge light rubbing on exterior fore edge; xiii 251pp. 1296034. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. The University of Minnesota Press hardcover books
195325674Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1953. First edition 8vo very good copy in original dust jacket minor cracking at spine head chipping with Gwin Kolb's signature and stamp on front endpaper. <br/><br/> University of Minnesota Press unknown books
196830295Geneva:: Skira. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. 20 color plates 200 black and white illustrations. Translated from the French by Robin Kemball. First edition thus. Near fine in a near fine light age toning acetate dust jackets. . Skira, hardcover books
29969LE CORBUSIER BESSET Maurice. WHO WAS LE CORBUSIER Geneva: Skira 1968. Square 8vo. Cloth dust jacket. 228 2 pages. First English language edition. Biographical study of the designs and architecture of Le Corbusier richly illustrated with drawings and photographs. Very good. unknown books
1968WRCLIT76669New York: World Publishing 1968. Oblong small quarto. Pictorial boards. Fine in printed acetate dust jacket. Photographs renderings color plates. First US edition translation by Robin Kembell. World Publishing hardcover books
1933293056New York: The Research Pub. Co 1933. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Some toning to the endpapers but a clean copy with no ownership or other marks in the book. The dustjacket still has the price and is protected with a new mylar cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. The Research Pub. Co unknown books
1953509Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1953. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of Who Goes Home by Maurice Edelman inscribed to Mrs. Lauren Bacall. Small octavo 287pp. Blue cloth boards silver title over spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Dust jacket in very good condition retail price of $3.50 on front flap closed tear to front panel otherwise with bright illustrations and vibrant colors. Inscribed by the author to Mrs. Lauren Bacall on front free endpaper: "To Lauren Bacall - Herself - Maurice Edelman. October 1953." The author of this book was a member of the British Labour Party and served in the House of Commons for 30 years. The authors other works include: A Trial of Love 1951 Who Goes Home 1953 A Dream of Treason 1954 The Happy Ones 1957 A Call on Kuprim 1959 The Minister 1961 The Fratricides 1963 The Prime Minister's Daughter 1964 All on a Summer's Night 1969 Disraeli In Love 1972 and Disraeli Rising 1975. Mrs. Lauren Bacall was an Academy Award Nominated Actress starring along side notable actors such as Humphrey Bogart Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable. She was also known as a democratic political supporter with close ties to the Kennedy family and President Harry Truman. She passed away in 2014 in New York City. Provenance: from The Lauren Bacall Collection at Bonhams May 2015. J.B. Lippincott Company unknown books
196824963New York: Carlton Press 1968. First Edition. Octavo 21cm. Tan cloth boards; dustjacket; 61pp. Fine in lightly rubbed pictorial dustwrapper. Thinly-veiled autobiographical fiction chronicling the adventures of a young African-American soldier in Korea Vietnam and finally in mercenary service fighting with Angolan rebels. At the time of publication the author was a warrant officer in the U.S. Army Special Forces stationed in Vietnam. Carlton Press unknown books
1963874New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. First edition of Where The Wild Things Are signed by Maurice Sendak in first state dust jacket. Oblong quarto 38pp. Illustrated boards olive green cloth spine. Light shelf wear to edges of boards. Housed in custom cloth clamshell title on spine on red morocco label. On title page contains Library of Congress number 63-21253. Pictorial endpapers bright boards and clean illustrated text. In a first issue dust jacket near fine with $3.50 price on front flap code "40-80 / 1163" on bottom of front flap three paragraph blurb on front flap and no mention of the Caldecott Award. Light wear to dust jacket on spine with 1 mm chip at top corner of spine. Signed by author and illustrator Maurice Sendak on half title with illustration of "Wild Thing" drawn in his hand dated September 1971. Hanrahan A58 An exceptional signed copy. Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover books
1963000165NY: Harper & Row 1963 1963. EARLY EDITION SIGNED WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING. 1 vol. illustrated by Maurice Sendak signed by Sendak on the half-title with an original drawing of Max's dog in a begging stance. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial boards pictorial pastedowns and endpapers cloth spine with the dust-jacket both in VERY GOOD condition. A later but early edition with a cloth spine and mention of the Caldecott award to the rear DJ flap and a gold Caldecott seal pasted on not embossed to the front. NY: Harper & Row, 1963 hardcover books
196363523NY:: Harper & Row. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. 1964 Caldecott Medal winner. Illustrated by the author. An early printing Library of Congress number on title page. Very good in a good edge worn with a few short closed edge tears age darkened and soiled third issue no Caldecott Medal emblem on the front panel $3.95 and Net $3.97 prices on front flap along with 40-80 and 1163 codes Caldecott Award notices on rear flap dust jacket. . Harper & Row, hardcover books
196318812New York: Harper and Row Publishers 1963. Pictorial boards. Very Good . Maurice Sendak. A crisp surprisingly well-preserved copy of the 1963 correct 1st edition with the olive green/gray cloth spine the Library of Congress # AND the 1963 copyright on the title page. Bright and VG to Near Fine in its Sendak-illustrated boards with one small name and date at the front free endpaper. Otherwise clean as could be and legitimatley approaching Near Fine to Fine. Oblong quarto wonderfully illustrated throughout by the great maestro. Lacking the dustjacket. <br/><br/> Harper and Row Publishers hardcover books
1963140941462New York: Harper & Row 1963. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing in lovely example of the first issue dust jacket. Illustrated paper-covered boards with gray cloth backstrip. Near Fine with slight toning to covers tiny area rubbed through at bottom edge of rear board in a Near Fine dust jacket with light toning and trivial wear with publisher's original price of $3.50 is present on the top corner of the front flap and lower corner clipped three paragraphs of text on the front flap and no Caldecott Medal on the front panel. A groundbreaking work for its honest treatment of children's emotions especially anger and winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal. Harper & Row unknown books
19912311120New York: Harper Collins 1991. Large Softcover. Good. Sendak Maurice. Corners rubbed rear wrapper creased. 1991 Large Softcover. "Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak originally published by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several times including an animated short a 1980 opera and in 2009 a live-action feature film adaptation directed by Spike Jonze. According to HarperCollins the book has sold over 19 million copies worldwide as of 2008. Harper Collins paperback books
2101005Harper & Row. early. hardcover. very good/very good. Early printing. Inscribed and signed with a drawing by the author on the verso of the front free end paper. Book in very good condition. Dust jacket very good front flap clipped at bottom but not price-clipped with a couple of tears on front and back. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Harper & Row unknown books
1963313503New York: Harpers 1963. First edition first-issue dust jacket. Story and Pictures by Maurice Sendak. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Cloth backed boards illustrated dust jacket. Some browning to jacket and minor wear to jacket extremities boards a touch browned at extremities as well a very good copy. First edition first-issue dust jacket. Story and Pictures by Maurice Sendak. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. "LET THE WILD RUMPUS START!" A first edition in the first issue dust jacket with no Caldecott gold medallion or reviews on back inner flap price $3.50 dated 40-80 1163 on front flap. Hanrahan A58 Harpers unknown books
198315932JLondon: The Bodley Head 1983. New Edition Third Impression. Signed and inscribed to an individual by Maurice Sendak in 1985 with an ink drawing by Sendak of one of the Wild Things saying the word BOO! Corners bumped very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. The Bodley Head unknown books
1963140937985New York: Harper & Row 1963. First Edition. About Very Good. First edition first printing with Library of Congress card number 63-21253 on title page. Signed on half title inscribed to the late antiquarian bookseller Sam Hessel "For Sam Hessel- GRRRRR! / Maurice Sendak / OCT. '78." Illustrated paper-covered boards with gray cloth backstrip. About Very Good with toning slight soiling and a few yellow marks to boards exposed tips a few small stains in text. Lacking dust jacket. The beloved Caldecott-winning illustrated children's book which inspired the 2009 film directed by Spike Jonze. Harper & Row unknown books
1963171123001New York: Harper & Row 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first printing with base of title page bearing Library of Congress number 63-21253. Signed by Maurice Sendak on the half title page inscribed to a former owner and dated Dec. '64. Publisher's pictorial paper covered boards over grey cloth spine. Near Fine with light foxing to boards at edges tiny ding to bottom edge of rear board faint rubbing at corners. Slight offsetting to half title and adjacent page from laid in news-clipping announcing Maurice Sendak's upcoming speaking appearance at two schools. In a Very Good second issue dust jacket with Caldecott Medal on front panel and altered text on rear flap. After the book won the Caldecott Medal unsold copies were recalled by the publisher and supplied with new dust jackets boasting the award as found here. Jacket shows light rubbing and light toning light edge wear and a 2-inch closed tear at the top of the front panel; publisher's price of $3.50 intact at the top of the front flap though bottom corner clipped. A very sharp copy with an early signature. Harper & Row hardcover books
19881606004Harper & Row 1988. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A near fine 25th anniversary edition inscribed with a drawing by Sendak on the half-title page. No dj. Harper & Row hardcover books
03815New York: Harper & Row 1988. One of 220 Copies Specially Bound and Signed by Maurice Sendak<br/>With an Original 'Wild Thing' Pen & Ink Drawing<br/><br/>SENDAK Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. Story and Pictures by Maurice Sendak. New York: Harper and Row 1988. <br/><br/>Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition. Limited to 220 copies of which this is No. 85 signed by the author on the half-title and additionally a signed original drawing of a 'Wild Thing'. <br/><br/>Oblong quarto 8 15/16 x 9 7/8 inches; 227 x 252 mm. 40 pp. <br/><br/>With an original pen & ink drawing measuring 6 x 5 inches; 151 x 126 mm. of a 'Wild Thing' signed and dated Oct. 1988. <br/><br/>Publisher's full blue morocco front cover decoratively stamped in yellow spine lettered in yellow multi-patterned end-papers all edges gilt. Housed in the original purple felt-lined cream buckram clamshell case with color plate on front panel similar to the color illustration on page 33 and rectangular limitation label with "85" written in black ink on inside. A very fine copy.<br/><br/>Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak 1928-2012 and was originally published by Harper & Row. The story of only 338 words focuses on a young boy named Max who after dressing in his wolf costume wreaks such havoc through his household that he is sent to bed without his supper. Max's bedroom undergoes a mysterious transformation into a jungle environment and he winds up sailing to an island inhabited by malicious beasts known as the "Wild Things." After successfully intimidating the creatures Max is hailed as the king of the Wild Things and enjoys a playful romp with his subjects; however he decides to return home to the Wild Things' dismay. After arriving in his bedroom Max discovers a hot supper waiting for him.<br/><br/>The book has been adapted into other media several times including an animated short in 1974 with an updated version in 1988; a 1980 opera; and a live-action 2009 feature-film adaptation directed by Spike Jonze. The book had sold over nineteen million copies worldwide as of 2009 with ten million of those being in the United States.<br/><br/>Sendak won the annual Caldecott Medal from the children's librarians in 1964 recognizing Wild Things as the previous year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". It was voted the number one picture book in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers not for the first time. This 25th Anniversary edition had the color reproductions done to Maurice Sendak's exact specifications. New York: Harper & Row, 1988 unknown books
